A little something I missed last week on Fahrenheit 9/11 from Fox News’(!) Roger Friedman (no relation):
As much as some might try to marginalize this film as a screed against President George Bush, “F9/11” — as we saw last night — is a tribute to patriotism, to the American sense of duty — and at the same time an indictment of stupidity and avarice.
Readers of this column may recall that I had a lot of problems with Moore’s “Bowling for Columbine,” particularly where I thought he took gratuitous shots at helpless targets such as Charlton Heston. “Columbine” too easily succeeded by shooting fish in a barrel, as they used to say.
Not so with “F9/11,” which instead relies on lots of film footage and actual interviews to make its case against the war in Iraq and tell the story of the intertwining histories of the Bush and bin Laden families.
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Before anyone’s even seen it, there have been partisan debates over which way Moore may have spun this or that to get a desired effect.
But, really, in the end, not seeing “F9/11” would be like allowing your First Amendment rights to be abrogated, no matter whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat.
Nope. I haven’t seen it yet. Today’s effort to do so was cut short as every showing at every theater within driving distance is completely SOLD OUT.
Did you ever see The Passion of Christ?
Me? Nope. Why?
It is interesting what you say about millionaire Mooore’s film now and what you said about Gibson’s movie then:
http://www.bradfriedman.com/Bra...s/00000016.htm
"It seems to me that they actually think they are really pissing off the "Liberal Left" by making a story out of this molehill, panting about it’s big opening numbers, and creating a false idol out of the poor beseiged millionaire, Gibson."
"Guess what? We – on the "Liberal Left" – couldn’t give a flyin’ crap. It’s a movie. For Christians. For the love of Christ, can we please get back to nipple stories again? Thank you."
Please explain. Why is that interesting? If your implication is that "you on the Fake Conservative right couldn’t give a flyin’ crap" — then why has every Rightwing commentater on TV and Radio gone on now for days and days without stop about the film?
Why have they found it necessary to make up lies? NOT go see the film? And cut off every caller who calls in to tell them how they are wrong?
If the Right "didn’t give a crap" about this film, then why are they so terrified of it, that they have to do all of the above? Why don’t they simply just ignore it?
Looking forward to your
prevarication…um…answer! Thanks!